Anti-government protesters jump over the fence during a rally at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. About 5,000 protesters took part in the rally and later stormed in to the DSI office building when the DSI has charged the protest leaders on illegal demonstrations and frozen their bank accounts last week. Photo: AP
More than 1,000 volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
A couple poses under an illuminated tunnel to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year at Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea. Photo: AP
Aida Diallo, whose ten-year-old son Bamba was killed when a fire struck the Dakar shack where he was sleeping along with other Quranic students, sits in her one-room home in the village of Ndame, Senegal. Bamba's older brother Cheikhou, 13, managed to escape the fire which killed Bamba and three of their cousins. For now the surviving boys and their teacher are back in Ndame, but, says Diallo, when their teacher, her brother, returns to Dakar, Cheikhou will go too. Photo: AP
Green Bay Packers' Eddie Lacy (27) flips into the end zone past Pittsburgh Steelers' Chris Carter (54) and Ike Taylor (24) for a touchdown run during the first half of an NFL football game in Green Bay, Wis. Photo: AP
The women of Saint Afram Syrian Orthodox church's choir pray during morning Christmas mass in Amman, Jordan. Syrian and Iraqi Orthodox Christian families prayed for peace in their countries. Photo: AP
Chris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb embrace after being married, as people wait in line to get licenses outside of the marriage division of the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office in Salt Lake City. A federal judge ruled on Friday that Utah's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Photo: AP
Firefighters battle a wind-driven brush fire in Simi Valley, California. Strong Santa Ana winds spread the fire quickly, however, firefighters gained the upper hand in several hours after an all out assault using water dropping helicopters, engines, and hand crews. Photo: AP
A young man reacts after his friend was badly injured by passing Chadian troops, during a protest outside Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the entrance to the airport Monday morning carrying signs protesting Chadian forces and expressing support for French troops and other regional African forces. At least two people were wounded as pickups of Chadian soldiers sped through the gathered crowd firing off several rounds. Photo: AP
This image provided by NASA shows that winter is approaching in the southern hemisphere of Saturn and with this cold season has come the familiar blue hue that was present in the northern winter hemisphere at the start of NASA's Cassini mission. This view looks toward the non-illuminated side of the rings from about 44 degrees below the ring plane. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. Photo: AP